I don't care. I just want to reinforce to Waz that Brisbane deserves nothing.

This qualifying could honestly have just gotten easier. Syria and Honduras (maybe) will both have to be somewhat attacking. These are 2 leg knockout games not a full table, you cant sit back both legs. That'll give us faster ball movement, more space and hopefully better options in the final third. I'll stay optimistic :hehe:

Suncorp will be a goat track can we at least play it on a decent surface.

With the Bronco's finishing 5th in the NRL, at most there will be one game on it between now and the Syrian qualifier. Ample time to get the ground in top shape for the 10th October.

Does anybody know when or where (which stadium) in Malaysia the away game will be ?
If it is near KL I might be able to get work to fly me there to check on my oversea team.

huh? They finished 3rd?
In principle they can have a home game on the 23rd so yes plenty of time

Panama up one nil v Trinidad and Tobago... not looking good for the US

That's because Decentric doesn't know his arse from his elbow.

It really sucks that we have to play Syria, I wanted Syria to qualify, it would've been huge for their country, considering what's going on in their country

They have a home match against Panama next, it'll come down to that.

Ahhh ok!! cheers..

or the one after that

No more in Melbourne when qualification is on the line. We seem to bottle it every time.

They should be fine. With a home game against Panama and then  T&T in the last round while Honduras have Costa Rica and Mexico and Panama have the US and Costa Rica

Yeah with the terrible GD that Honduras have and being a point behind, Panama are probably going to be the team.

Watched a bit on ESPN, would be an interesting playoff.

It will be interesting to see where the US plays panama, hilarious backlash from last weekends game against Costa Rica being in New Jersey where the yank fans were outnumbered, and the Costa Rican population is small! They're now saying every US game should be in some hipster heartland like Portland or redneck areas haha.

Make the Syria leg in Melbourne or Adelaide.
Make the CONCAF leg in Sydney

p and r will fix this

Legs confirmed. Away first? 

Yep. 5th and 10th of October

10th October Melb?.

The Syrian team represent the Assad regime. Still a good effort by them to get this far, I suppose.

True, Winning the League would've meant earning the chance to play in a higher level of competition

Disturbing shit about the Assad regime and the team

http://heavy.com/sports/2017/05/syrian-soccer-team-world-cup-assad-killed-death-dead-civil-war/

Most annoying for is how I'll get to watch any of these games given streams and all the TV rights. Eurosport HD the Playoffs 4 years ago but I trust Bein will get their hands on it. I'd imagine espn to have the playoff against USA if it happens. Maybe DAZN or eurosport will pick up the games too 

Could've sworn Aus played the Saudi's twice

oops, my bad. Thanks. Maybe I should get interested as  live up here!

We are very lucky - to be facing a team from such circumstances as Syria. If their Home game is Malaysia - wow, that is like our backyard. Our away fans should dominate the arena.

If our boys can't fire up for this, this isn't the making of a new Golden Generation, then it's not about 'luck' or what's 'fair' as some have said post-Thailand but about what they've earned. This is the real fight now and the types of battles that hardened the old Generation the '97 and '01 heart-breaks and the '05 triumph. '05 catapulted with tremendous momentum and team cohesion heading into the 2006 World Cup and if this generation does the same, we'll be a force to be reckoned with at Russia 2018. We'll see new match-winners come to the fore and already Leckie finally stepping up with his club form and scoring recent times, while Juric, Rogic and Mooy are starting to find their feet and seize their opportunities for on-field leadership. They know it's on their shoulders now and are only just starting to thrive. The passion of Juric post-Thailand, you could see it hurt but also fuelled that fire. What we have now, is not enough, it hasn't been quite enough but we still have the opportunity to prove we warrant to be there - just as we sought to do so, every campaign, in that Oceania era.

Do you...?

Syria apparently want the home leg as close to Syria as possible, Malaysia a last resort. Fair enough really.